Hama: Architects
Date: 1134-35
An inscription records that Baqi b. Salim b. Asad was responsible for the construction of the minaret of the Congregational Mosque of Hama in 529/1134-35. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.
Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 57.
Hama: Architects
Date: 1188
An inscription records that in 588/1188 ʿAli al-Maʿarri built the minaret of the ʿUmari mosque in Hama for Amir Najm al-Din Altutan. The architect’s nisba, al-Maʿarri, indicates that he came from the Syrian town of Maʿarrat al-Nuʿman. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.
Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 52.
Hama: Architects
Date: c. 1203-1204
An inscription records that Ismaʿil b. Abi Mansur was responsible for the construction of a mosque near to the Congregational Mosque in about 600/1203-1204. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.
Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 74.